WBIS (1190 AM) was an American radio station broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station served the

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area. The station was last owned by Nations Radio, LLC (a subsidiary of Potomac Radio, LLC). In early 2011, WBIS's call letters were briefly changed to WCRW. Two weeks later the station was deleted, in order clear the way for a Leesburg, Virginia station to expand its operations.

History

The station was first licensed, as WANN in Annapolis, on March 6, 1947. The station's call letters were changed to WBIS (reflecting a "business" format) on September 21, 1998. As of April 2010, WBIS, along with WAGE in Leesburg, Virginia, effectively had the same ownership. On October 29, 2008, the Leesburg station received permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move from 1200 to 1190 kHz and raise its power to 50 kW. On April 21, 2010, the FCC approved applications for WAGE to increase its daytime power to 50 kW and nighttime power to 1300 watts from different antenna sites on the new frequency. The call sign WCRW was briefly parked on the Annapolis station beginning on January 28. On February 10, 2011 its license was cancelled, and the station was shut down, in order to make room for WAGE's move to expanded operations on 1190 kHz. (WAGE in Leesburg in turn changed its call sign to WCRW on April 7, 2011.)

References

External links

FCC Station Search Details: DWCRW (Annapolis)
(Facility ID: 2297)
FCC History Cards for WBIS/WCRW Annapolis
(covering 1946-1981 as WANN) BIS Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations disestablished in 2011 Radio stations established in 1947 BIS 1947 establishments in Maryland 2011 disestablishments in Maryland BIS {{Maryland-radio-station-stub